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Kousa Dogwood Didn't Flower Last Year
Comments (2)it all depends on the vagaries of mother nature.. and how cruel she was to a given plant ... drought or problems in late summer/early fall of the year prior .. impact the development of the buds in fall and then they have to live through winter... which can be extreme in some years ... ALL long lived plants.. have to deal with the normal cycles of nature .... have you ever seen a large cross cut of a log?? .. some growth rings are wide.. showing a great growing season.. and others are small.. indicating bad growth years ... in bad years.. one would expect reduction of flowering the following year ... ken...See MoreEndless Summer not so 'endless' blooming?
Comments (4)when did you cut off the spent blooms...i cut off my spent blooms in mid-July (most are fairly papery at the time already), down to the healthy set of buds...feed the plant with a half reco dose of superbloom in Aug, and I have a pretty good second round of flower buds..and they are beginning to bloom now...I am in zone 6b, the plants get a bit of morning sun, no afternoon sun, well watered at all times..maybe the weather in z5 is a bit less friendly for a rebloom season this yr...in my experience, a second feeding of a high phosphate fertilizer is a necessity for ES...ES is a gross feeder, phosphates will do it good....See MoreLilacs didn't bloom this year!
Comments (10)Lack of care last year, when they were still new, could definitely contribute to lack of bloom this year. Miss Kim blooms later than the others, as well, noted above. Once they are established they are quite drought tolerant in our climate but yours aren't established yet, so they need some water over the summer. The lilac across the street from me doesn't bloom well most years because they insist on pruning it into a square box. One year they left it alone and it was covered in flowers. This year? there's one flower, deep inside the square. There oughta be a law ......See MoreHydrangea Mariesii didn't bloom this year.
Comments (2)Sounds like they are getting too much sun during the summer. That, in turn, made you water them a lot too (daily!). Hydrangeas prefer to have evenly moist soil, as periods of wilting and too much water could make the plant kill the invisible flower buds that develop in July-August and open in Spring. For the sake of comparison: Under normal conditions, you would not need to water daily (unless these are in pots). I water the soil about twice a week with drip and give them about 1 gallon of water per watering in cool times and 1.5g per watering in the summer. Also, the last two winters have caused cases of no blooms on many mopheads and lacecaps. Either the temps got too cold and-or wild temperature fluctuations broke the plant's dormancy so a cold snap then hit that killed the invisible flower buds. Hard to tell what really happened after the fact but many people have been complaining about bloomage the last two growing seasons. I am down in Z8 and got nary a bloom two winters ago (Winter 2013-2014). Last winter was slightly better but still, quite a few of the mopheads/lacecaps/oakleaf hydrangeas did not bloom. Basically hydrangeas that bloom on old wood were hit hard. Of course, I do not winter protect them so that did not help. Evenly moist soil, 3-4" of mulch and winter protection may help both of us in this upcoming winter. By the way, your winter forecast due to El Nin~o calls for unusually warm winter temps and, if these extend for several days, that could break dormancy so, be on the look out for this problem in Winter 2015-2016 and consider winter protection. Normally, that is not needed in your zone and mine but winter protection helps with the no bloomage issue. Planting hydrangeas that bloom on new wood gets around that issue altogether. Lastly, do not prune after the end of June thru blooming time. I would also consider transplanting them to a place where they get morning sun and afternoon shade. That is what they prefer. If you do not have time for that now, consider doing it in Spring then....See Moreuniversitystripe
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